First-term Republican Senator Martha McSally on Wednesday warned that securing the border through more fencing or a wall may not be enough to stop the surge of migrants attempting to enter the U.S. at the southern border and that a legislative change is needed to address the crisis.
While speaking to reporters at a press conference in Yuma, Arizona, McSally - the junior senator from Arizona and Air Force combat veteran - expressed concern over the "Loopholes" in current U.S. immigration legislation and cautioned that more physical barriers may not stop people from trying to take advantage of the laws.
"Until we close these loopholes, even if we fully secured the border, with infrastructure, border wall, agents, roads, and technology, if these loopholes are not closed, we're going to continue to have thousands of individuals that are crossing over and taking advantage of these loopholes and overwhelming communities."
"I think we need to narrow some emergency legislation even more," McSally also said.
McSally called for an amendment to the settlement from the court case Reno v. Flores to allow for the government to detain families entering the country illegally for more than 20 days as their asylum proceedings occur.
Lindsey Graham and Ron Johnson to figure out the "Loophole language" needed for a legislative fix and how to advance it forward in the Senate.
McSally also noted that she was "Talking often" with the mayor of Yuma, Douglas Nicholls, about ways to handle the flood of migrants entering the town.
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While speaking to reporters at a press conference in Yuma, Arizona, McSally - the junior senator from Arizona and Air Force combat veteran - expressed concern over the "Loopholes" in current U.S. immigration legislation and cautioned that more physical barriers may not stop people from trying to take advantage of the laws.
"Until we close these loopholes, even if we fully secured the border, with infrastructure, border wall, agents, roads, and technology, if these loopholes are not closed, we're going to continue to have thousands of individuals that are crossing over and taking advantage of these loopholes and overwhelming communities."
"I think we need to narrow some emergency legislation even more," McSally also said.
McSally called for an amendment to the settlement from the court case Reno v. Flores to allow for the government to detain families entering the country illegally for more than 20 days as their asylum proceedings occur.
Lindsey Graham and Ron Johnson to figure out the "Loophole language" needed for a legislative fix and how to advance it forward in the Senate.
McSally also noted that she was "Talking often" with the mayor of Yuma, Douglas Nicholls, about ways to handle the flood of migrants entering the town.
https://ijr.com/martha-mcsally-wall-not-enough/
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